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Inclusion:
An Innovative approach to
Education Support
At Nilai International School we believe in the development of the whole child – intellectual, physical, moral and spiritual. To this end, Nilai International School provides an Education Support Unit for children with Asperger Syndrome and High-functioning Autism (ASD), in partnership with Western Autistic School in Melbourne, Australia, a school with an international reputation for being at the cutting edge of education and excellence in teaching children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. NIS is the only international school in Malaysia and in South East Asia that presently offers such a program. The highly trained and experienced support staff will prepare an individual program for a range of learning styles, based on assessments and recommendations by a Child Educational Psychologist.
One of the many issues faced by children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder is anxiety, which can severely impact on their ability to learn, develop friendships and function appropriately in the community. The Education Support Unit provides a facility and the staff to help students regulate their own anxiety levels in a carefully designed sensory room. The Education Support Unit contributes to making the school environment a productive and pleasant place to learn.
There are weekly intensive social and communication training classes for primary students - Kids’ Café and secondary students - ‘Teens CAFÉ’ (Communication and Friendship Education). Students will learn effective communication and social skills so they can develop and maintain appropriate friendships with their peers, learn about emotions such as anxiety, and how to manage them and improve self esteem through a variety of games and activities.
Nilai International School is committed to transforming children into individuals capable of living in and contributing to their society. In addition, the Education Support Unit provides students with an Autism Spectrum Disorder, the opportunity to develop skills needed to reach their full potential. |
Class Placement
To encourage social interaction the special child will be placed with his peers according to his chronological age. |
Conditions of Acceptance
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Before a child is accepted into Nilai International School he/she will undergo an assessment at Shine Child Guidance Centre. |
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Upon recommendation from Shine, the students will then be assessed by the Education Support Unit in order to develop an individual learning program specifically catered to their strengths and needs. |
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Western Autistic School Program
for Students with Aspergers Syndrome
The program aims to:
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Provide an academic program |
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Develop spontaneous communication |
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Develop social skills and interactions |
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Develop strategies to maintain appropriate behaviour |
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Broaden and develop leisure activities |
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Provide an environment structured so as to encourage self-regulation, self expression and the freedom to achieve their full potential |
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Promote independence, healthy self-esteem and maintain the dignity of all students, always. |
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Nurture the acquisition of life skills necessary to enable successful integration into the greater community |
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Program Strategies
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Provide a predictable and safe environment by establishing routines, using structured activities and visual supports such as schedules. |
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Facilitate the development of interpersonal skills by providing structured activities with set patterns and roles with the focus on the social process rather than the end product. Staff use a variety of teaching methods and facilitate modelling, practise and rehearsal to establish the social skills required for students to navigate their way through from the playground to the wider community. |
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Expose students to a range of age-appropriate leisure activities that encourage active socialization and limit time spent on solitary activities such as computer games. |
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 SHINE
Guidance Centre is a one-stop multidisciplinary
centre for children and adolescents with special
needs. The centre is wholly owned by Nilai
Healthcare Services Sdn. Bhd. and was initiated
by Tan Sri Dato Dr Gan Kong Seng, the Executive
Chairman of Nilai Resources Group Berhad.
Shine focuses on helping families with members
(children or adult), who have developmental
disabilities such as autism spectrum disorders,
as well as learning disabilities, to meet
functional independence at the highest possible
level.
Our team of clinical psychologists, occupational
therapist and therapy assistants are
appropriately qualified and trained to provide
or assist in assessments, consultations and
interventions to improve overall independent
living skills.
Shine provides standardized psychological
assessments for adaptive behavior skills,
cognitive abilities and specific learning
difficulties such as dyslexia and
attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, so as
to help with deciding for school or vocational
placements, behavior modification strategies,
skills training and further remedial needs.
Shine also provides occupational therapy
services for individuals to improve on
activities of daily living (ADL) as part of
independent functioning. |
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